Ceiling supporting device



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Patented Dec. 1, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CEILING SUPPORTINGDEVICE William Goss, Chicago, Ill.

Application February 10, 1940, Serial No.V 318,243

(Cl. 'l2-118) 5 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in ceiling supporting devices andparticularly to supports for ceiling supporting devices in such devices.In my Patent No. 2,061,150 I have shown such devices which areparticularly illustrated in Figures 2, 3, 4 and 8 to 11 thereof. Whilethe devices there shown, illustrated in that patent by the referencecharacters 6 and 1 and Iia and la, are quite efcacious, yet there ismore or less diiculty in entering a wedge between the cement beams andthe ends which are to be bent after the temporary beam supports areremoved.

It is, therefore, an object of this present invention to provide asupport for ceiling supporting members that will have as good functionalproperties as the devices shown in the aforesaid patent, but which willalso provide a means for the ready insertion of a wedging device betweenthe tonguel to be bent and the cement beam supporting the same.

A further object of my invention is to provide such a device which willnot be connected to the temporary'frame structure and which, therefore,will cause no inconvenience when the temporary beam support structure isremoved.

These and other objects of my invention will appear from the drawings,in which Figure l is a sectional view of a temporary frame and supportfor cement beams showing my irnproveddevice, the left-hand part of saidff ligure showing the space reserved for beams unfilled with cement andthe right-hand'gure having cement therein;V

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view similarto the right-hand portion ofFigure 1, withl the temporary supporting posts removed and showing myimproved support with the tongue bent downwardly;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of my improve support with the tongueunbent;

Figure 4 is a similar view with the at an angle of ninety degrees, suchas is also shown in Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a modified form 'of my device for usewhere the ceiling is to be constructed near the beams;

Figure 6 is an elevational view of my invention as applied to a flat orslab ceiling; and

Figure 7 is a slab or flat ceiling partly broken away with the tongue ofmy device in unbent or l.

non-use position.

In the various figures similar parts are represented in the diiierentviews by the same numeral reference characters, in which I are membersof a temporary beam form having laterally projecttongue bent l ing ends2 which are spaced to form the beams. The laterally projecting parts 2are attached to the bottom members 3 vwhich are preferably made of woodby means of nails 4, the said bottom members 3 being supported by theposts 5 while the concrete is being set. 6 is the space provided for theconcreteto form the beams, and 'I is the cement after it has been pouredin the beamforming members. 3 is the vertical projecting member of mysupport for the ceiling supporting member, and 9 is an aperture thereinof any desired shape. I0 isthe face member of my improved form whichremains permanently at right-angles to the member 8 having an apertureII therein for protrusion therethrough of the nail Ila, and havingbeveled sides I2 .slanting downwardly, 'so as to provide a housing spaceI3 and for permitting the tongue I4 to lie flush with a plane lformed bythe lower extremity of the beveled edge I2, the saidtongue I4 being bentat I5 and the said tongue having an opening IISv therein.

In operation my improved device is utilized as follows:

The-form members I are secured to the sup- I porting base 3 by Vmeans ofthe nails inserted in the laterally projecting' parts 2, the said base 3being in turn supported by the posts 5 prior to the pouring of thecement in ther receptacle 6 formed by the said form members I. After thecement 'I is poured the appearance will be as shown inthe right-handcolumn of Figure 1. After thel cement has set the frame members 'I, thesupporting block 3 and the supporting posts 5 are removed, asillustrated in Figure 2'.'

Prior to thisY removal andV prior to the filling up of the receptaclewith cement my support A(Figure 3 or Figure 5) is placed upon thesupport 3 and is,y held in place by means of a nail IIa passingthroughthe opening II of the said form and as shown in Figure 2 the nailwill also pass through the aperture I6. As is illustrated in theright-hand column of Figure 1 there will be a space I3 between thetongue I4 and the top surface I0 of my support which will readilyfacilitate the insertion of a tool for bending the tongue I4 downwardlyto present the View shown in Figure 2. It will be noted that thestructure of my support with its beveled edge I3will permit the form tolie flush against the support 3' with the tongue member I4 in the samehorizontal plane as the edge of the beveled members I2, and also thatthe beveled edges I2 will prevent any cement from coming in contact withthe tongue I4 or the space I3 underneath the frame member. The

aperture 9 will obviously be lled up with cement when the beams areformed as aforesaid and will thus serve as an adequate support for thestrain placed upon the supports forming the subject matter of myinvention.

After the tongue I4 is bent downward the aperture I6 will serve as ahole in which may be hooked carrying members for supporting the ceilingconstruction. These carrying members in the ceiling construction areshown in Figure 6. 4

To better facilitate the bending of the tongue -I4 at the point I5, thetop I1 of the side edges of the tongue I4 may have incisions inwardlyinclined which will tend to facilitate the bending of the tongue I4 atthe bend I5.

I have thus far described my improvements for use in connection withbeams that are of uneven height, such as, in an vattic and Wheresupporting rods must be utilized to carry cross members and lathsupporting members as illustrated in Figure 8 of my aforesaidPatent No.2,061,150. My improved structure, however, may be used with equalfacility where the ceiling is to be constructed near the beams andwhere, therefore, no carrying rods or cross members are necessary, butmerely ceiling supporting members are utilized. This I have specificallyshown in Figure 5. The construction in this device is similar to thatshown in Figures 3 and 4, except for the shape and form of the tongueI8, having a receiving space I9 for receiving and supporting ceilingsupport members (not shown) on the space '20 formed by the sides 2| andthe upward projections 22.

I have heretofore described my improved ceil- .i

ing supporting device with particular reference to a ceiling havingbeams, but it is not confined thereto. I have, however, shown the use ofmy improved device in connection with a flat or slab ceiling in Figures6 and '7. In these figures 23 is the flat or slab cement supported bywall :supports 24. 25 are the supporting rods, having hooks 26 vforbeing inserted in the aperture I6 and showing the other end 21 alsohooked for receiving and supporting the bar 28. 29 are wires supportedby the bar 28 which hold the cross pieces or lath supporting members 30.3| are laths and 32 'plaster' or other ceiling surface attached to saidlaths.

It will be obvious that the ceiling may be near the cement slab -ratherthan suspended by means of the rods 25. 'I'he structure of Figure 5would then be used and the ceiling supporting members inserted in therspace I9 and rest upon the support 20. i

` It "will be noted that my improved device can be used withoutdestroying any lumber and may b e used orV not used as desired. It willalso be notedV Vthat the supporting rods are always straightV and can beused as desired.

It will be understood that changes in detail may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and the scope of my invention and I do notlimit myself to the specific embodiments shown or described, but what Idesire to obtain by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. In a device of the kind described, having members formed from asingle piece of material substantially at right-angles to each other,one of said members having a plane surface with beveled edges and aportion of the other member bent therefrom to form a tongue, said tonguelying within a plane formed by the extremities of said beveled edges.

2. In a device of the kind described, having members substantially atright-angles to each other, one of said members having a plane surfacewith beveled edges and a portion of the other member bent therefrom toform a tongue, said tongue lying within a plane formed by theextremities of said beveled edges, but out of contact with the saidfirst mentioned member except at the edge of one side thereof.

3. In an integral device of the kind described, having memberssubstantially at right-angles to each other, one of said members havinga relatively large opening in the interior thereof and adapted to befilled with unhardened cement, the other member having a plane surfacewith beveled edges, and a portion of said first mentioned member benttherefrom to form a tongue, said tongue normally lying within a planeformed by the extremities of said beveled edges but out of contact withthe second member and being adapted to be bent at right-angles to saidsecond member substantially in alignment with said rst member.

4. In a device made of a single piece of material, a member bentintermediate its ends, a portion of one end bent therefrom to form atongue, said tongue being adapted to be bent intoalignment with the endfrom which it 'is formed, said tongue also being provided with means forsupporting lath supporting members.

5. A device of the character described, comprising a member bentintermediate its ends, one of said ends having a comparatively largeopening therein and adapted to have cement harden therein. the other endbent at an angle substantially at right angles to said ilrst end, alsoprovided with sloping, beveled edges, a

tongue projecting from one edge of said last mentioned end and normallylying in a plane parallel to said last mentioned end, but out of contacttherewith, said tongue also being adapted to be bent into alignment withsaid first mentioned end, and said tongue *having* means for supportinglath supporting members.

WILLIAM GOSS.

